Discordance between Sexual Behavior and Self-Reported Sexual Identity
Authors: Qiang Xia, Assunta Ritieni, Matthew Facer, Fred Molitor, Joel Moskowitz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2007)

Letters3 April 2007Discordance between Sexual Behavior and Self-Reported Sexual IdentityQiang Xia, MD, MPH, Assunta Ritieni, MHS, Matthew Facer, PhD, Fred Molitor, PhD, and Joel Moskowitz, PhDQiang Xia, MD, MPHFrom California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, Sacramento, California, and University of California, Berkeley, Center for Family and Community Health, Berkeley, California.Search for more papers by this author, Assunta Ritieni, MHSFrom California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, Sacramento, California, and University of California, Berkeley, Center for Family and Community Health, Berkeley, California.Search for more papers by this author, Matthew Facer, PhDFrom California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, Sacramento, California, and University of California, Berkeley, Center for Family and Community Health, Berkeley, California.Search for more papers by this author, Fred Molitor, PhDFrom California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, Sacramento, California, and University of California, Berkeley, Center for Family and Community Health, Berkeley, California.Search for more papers by this author, and Joel Moskowitz, PhDFrom California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, Sacramento, California, and University of California, Berkeley, Center for Family and Community Health, Berkeley, California.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-146-7-200704030-00018 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR: Pathela and colleagues (1) reported that, of the self-identified heterosexual or straight men from the 5 boroughs of New York City, “9.4% reported having sexual intercourse with at least 1 man (and no women) in the year before the survey” (1). This statistic is atypical to those found in other general population studies (2, 3).Using the data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), we found a rate similar to those reported elsewhere. The CHIS, the largest health survey in California and 1 of the largest health surveys in the United States, is a random ...References1. Pathela P, Hajat A, Schillinger J, Blank S, Sell R, Mostashari F. Discordance between sexual behavior and self-reported sexual identity: a population-based survey of New York City men. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:416-25. [PMID: 16983129] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Catania JA, Osmond D, Stall RD, Pollack L, Paul JP, Blower S, et al. The continuing HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men. Am J Public Health. 2001;91:907-14. [PMID: 11392933] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Laumann EO, Gagnon JH, Michael RT, Michaels S. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago: Univ Chicago Pr; 1994. Google Scholar4. California Health Interview Survey. CHIS 2003 Adult Public Use File, release 1 [computer file]. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; February 2005. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, Sacramento, California, and University of California, Berkeley, Center for Family and Community Health, Berkeley, California.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoDiscordance between Sexual Behavior and Self-Reported Sexual Identity: A Population-Based Survey of New York City Men Preeti Pathela , Anjum Hajat , Julia Schillinger , Susan Blank , Randall Sell , and Farzad Mostashari Discordance between Sexual Behavior and Self-Reported Sexual Identity Preeti Pathela , Julia A. Schillinger , and Bonnie Kerker Discordance between Sexual Behavior and Self-Reported Sexual Identity Gary Langer Metrics Cited BySexual behaviours and the risk of head and neck cancers: a pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium 3 April 2007Volume 146, Issue 7Page: 539-540KeywordsBisexualsConflicts of interestHealth surveysHeterosexualsHispanic peopleHuman sexual behaviorPrevention, policy, and public healthQuestionnairesSexual identity ePublished: 3 April 2007 Issue Published: 3 April 2007 CopyrightCopyright © 2007 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...